But I think this just confirms it for me: There's a social media fight. One side is saying ethics. The other side is saying equality. Both are pointing fingers. No one here looks like the civic minded feminist types I met in university. (And what's a gamer supposed to be?)
Maybe these people would be more sensible in the real world. Maybe the internet is just making them sound like they're crazy. But if the stuff came up in my 9-5? I'd just be like "This has nothing to do with me. I keep the lights on. My job isn't politics. I want to be as far from it as possible. This is bad for business."
If I knew this woman (the developer not the blogger) maybe it'd be different, but how the heck are you supposed to know if any of this is true or in the right context or what?
This is exactly why I swapped from psych / econ to engineering: So I'd be in touch with reality. This viral stuff... who the heck knows?
I'd hate to be Intel's marketing people. Bet they could use some of MG's spare gin right now. Yikes.
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Re: Confused now.
Date: 2014-10-02 09:12 pm (UTC)But I think this just confirms it for me: There's a social media fight. One side is saying ethics. The other side is saying equality. Both are pointing fingers. No one here looks like the civic minded feminist types I met in university. (And what's a gamer supposed to be?)
Maybe these people would be more sensible in the real world. Maybe the internet is just making them sound like they're crazy. But if the stuff came up in my 9-5? I'd just be like "This has nothing to do with me. I keep the lights on. My job isn't politics. I want to be as far from it as possible. This is bad for business."
If I knew this woman (the developer not the blogger) maybe it'd be different, but how the heck are you supposed to know if any of this is true or in the right context or what?
This is exactly why I swapped from psych / econ to engineering: So I'd be in touch with reality. This viral stuff... who the heck knows?
I'd hate to be Intel's marketing people. Bet they could use some of MG's spare gin right now. Yikes.